Recent content by bigwinn

I’m no expert (!) but that gap looks huge

Wiring faults are intermittent and depend on the angle of bend on the wire

Evening First off I’m gutted for you. I know how much you love that 5 series and if you like a car that much and it’s not ‘good’ it’s sh1te It’s easy to say do this or do that re the garage- but reading that account from your view it would appear they didn’t really want to do the job? Have...

Good point about removing the motor and plate first I forgot that

Prise the tweeter off and disconnect Take the door card off Undo the 3xt30 Torx that hold the mirror on Once off the car take the glass out by rotating the ring that holds the mirror onto the moving table it sits on Once that’s off you will see the 7-8 small Torx (t15 from memory but may be...

I find the creator 310 or 410 suffices as it does airbag functions Some use autel

No but I’d advise investing in a basic code reader It’s a pita to fire up the laptop every time you get a warning light

If it’s an m54 yes the rubber boot that runs from the airbox to the intake They split for fun especially around the convoluted part What code? I’m betting it’s running lean

Check for air leaks especially where there are idle issues on start up How is the elbow from the intake as that’s the usual spot for holes letting more air in

It shouldn’t take any May be worth resetting the throttle adaptations Depress accelerator Turn ign on Wait 30 sec Turn ign off Wait 30 sec Release accelerator

If you put a cluster in that isn’t native to the car it will throw a mileage tamper dot which will disappear when resolved If that ‘fixes’ the issue you can then either implant your eeprom chip into the new cluster or recode it

Yeah Ncs expert

Never heard of modic but I’d imagine this needs coding via ncs

I have approx 10 spares if you need one to try

Worst you can do is try another lcd It may have a loose solder which is affected by heat